Booklet printing on iPad?

[AffinityMakesMeWonder]

Hi there!

When will Serif Labs support Booklet printing on iPad?

On my Macbook Pro it works well, Publisher is placing right A5-page on right A4-page, BUT, on iPad the side sorting is plain 1-2, 3-4 etc etc…

See screenshot from Publisher on iPad… Tested on both inkjet and laserprinter.

2.10 beta 17.43 on both iPad and Mac…

 

[Dan C]

Thanks for your report @AffinityMakesMeSmile!

As I understand it, these printing options are controlled by iPadOS & the printer driver, not Affinity directly - as we have 2 different AirPrint printers in the office and only 1 of these printers offers the 'Print as Booklet' option under layout, indicating it is a printer/driver specific option.

I am double checking this with our development team here to be certain, but unfortunately I do not believe the Affinity app has any control over imposition of these pages when using this Layout option.

I will be sure to update you here with any further information from our dev team, if the above is not the case

[AffinityMakesMeWonder]

15 hours ago, Dan C said:

Thanks for your report @AffinityMakesMeSmile!

As I understand it, these printing options are controlled by iPadOS & the printer driver, not Affinity directly - as we have 2 different AirPrint printers in the office and only 1 of these printers offers the 'Print as Booklet' option under layout, indicating it is a printer/driver specific option.

I am double checking this with our development team here to be certain, but unfortunately I do not believe the Affinity app has any control over imposition of these pages when using this Layout option.

I will be sure to update you here with any further information from our dev team, if the above is not the case

FYI - I CAN print the Booklet printing with right page order - it is an bug in the preview in the printer window - there it’s wrong order but when I print it OK!

iPad Pro 12.9” M1… Publisher 2.10 build 17.43

[Dan C]

19 hours ago, anto said:

Why, when printing a booklet in iPad, does Publisher show sheets, while in MacOS it shows pages?

As above, this is controlled by iPadOS and not Affinity - the print dialog shown is an extension of iPadOS and not custom Affinity code, therefore the wording difference between 'sheets' on iPad and 'pages' on macOS is something that Apple controls.

4 hours ago, AffinityMakesMeSmile said:

FYI - I CAN print the Booklet printing with right page order - it is an bug in the preview in the printer window - there it’s wrong order but when I print it OK!

Thanks for verifying that for me! I'll be sure to log this with the dev team now